Title :
Experimental quantification of soliton robustness to polarization-mode dispersion in dispersion-managed systems
Author :
Sunnerud, Henrik ; Li, Jie ; Andrekson, Peter A. ; Xie, Chongjin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microelectron., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden
fDate :
2/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We have, for the first time, observed and experimentally quantified the soliton robustness to polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) in a dispersion-managed (DM) fiber link. Long-term measurements were performed in a system where the PMD-characteristics were varying randomly over time. The results show that DM solitons are very robust, at least for low map strengths (0\n\n\t\t
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; optical solitons; 580 km; dispersion-managed fiber link; dispersion-managed systems; experimental quantification; long-term measurements; low map strengths; polarization-mode dispersion; random variation; soliton robustness; Delta modulation; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Polarization mode dispersion; Pulse measurements; Robustness; Solitons; Space vector pulse width modulation; Time measurement; Wavelength measurement;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
